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Graven Ideologies - by Bruce Ellis Benson (Paperback)

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  • What do the philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche, Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Marion have in common with Christianity?
  • About the Author: Bruce Ellis Benson is professor of philosophy and department chair at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.
  • 243 Pages
  • Religion + Beliefs, Christian Theology

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Examining the thought of key postmodern thinkers like Nietzsche, Derrida and Marion, Bruce Ellis Benson offers profound insight into the nature of conceptual idolatry and our need for the biblical revelation of God in Jesus Christ.



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What do the philosophers Friedrich Nietzsche, Jacques Derrida and Jean-Luc Marion have in common with Christianity? Surprisingly, they are all concerned about idolatry, about the tendency we have to create God in our own image and about what we can do about it. Can we faithfully speak of God at all without interposing ourselves? If so, how?Bruce Ellis Benson explores this common concern by clearly laying out the thought of each of these postmodern thinkers against the background of modern philosophers such as Descartes, Locke and Hume and in light of the rise of phenomenology as developed by Husserl and Heidegger. All these thinkers he brings into conversation with a full range of biblical teaching.The result is an illuminating survey of some key postmodern thinkers and profound insight into the nature of conceptual idolatry. Benson also exposes some of the limitations inherent in postmodern attempts to provide a purely philosophical solution to the problem of ideological idolatry. Ultimately, he argues, there is a need for something greater than human philosophy, religion or theology--namely, the biblical revelation of God in Jesus Christ.



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"Graven Ideologies is a clear and coherent exposition of the importance of the figures of Nietzsche, Marion and Derrida to Christian consciousness. It will go a long way not only toward correcting the reductive misreadings of these works by many theologians but toward the strengthening of Christian intellectual life in its ongoing dialogue with philosophy."

--Cleo Kearns, Visiting Fellow at the Center for the Study of Religion, Princeton University

"Graven Ideologies meets a long-standing demand for a presentation of the theological significance of the work of Nietzsche, Derrida, Levinas and Marion in American English, that is, in a language we can all understand. It raises the level of discussion of these provocative continental thinkers by showing the positive import of their critique of metaphysics--which is mistakenly assumed to be something destructive--as a critique of idolatry that is an essential ingredient in any biblical view. By doing all this in a lively and readable prose, in illuminating comparisons and contrasts, Benson has made a significant contribution to the growing American discussion of theology from a continental perspective."

--John D. Caputo, David R. Cook Professor of Philosophy, Villanova University



About the Author



Bruce Ellis Benson is professor of philosophy and department chair at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois.
Dimensions (Overall): 8.92 Inches (H) x 6.1 Inches (W) x .74 Inches (D)
Weight: .85 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Christian Theology
Genre: Religion + Beliefs
Number of Pages: 243
Publisher: IVP Academic
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Bruce Ellis Benson
Language: English
Street Date: July 23, 2002
TCIN: 85180644
UPC: 9780830826797
Item Number (DPCI): 247-63-1554
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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